2014 Native American 40 Under 40 recipients have been selected!

The National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development (NCAIED) is pleased to announce its 2014 “Native American 40 Under 40” award recipients have been selected. This prestigious award recognizes 40 emerging American Indian leaders from across Indian Country who have demonstrated leadership, initiative, and dedication and made significant contributions in business and/or in their community.

The 2014 Native American 40 Under 40 Awards will be presented at NCAIED’s 39th Annual Indian Progress In Business Awards Gala (INPRO) being held at RES Wisconsin October 8th at the Potawatomi Hotel & Casino.

Justin Tarbell – St. Regis Mohawk Tribe

Steve Bodmer – Edisto Natchez-Kusso Indian Tribe of South Carolina

Courtney Monteiro – Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah)

Amber Fite-Morgan – Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma

Clementine Bordeaux – Rosebud Sioux Tribe

Star Yellowfish – United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians of Oklahoma

Shoni Schimmel – Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation

Lindsay Earls – Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma

Christina Finsel – Osage Nation

Leotis McCormack – Nez Perce Tribe

Kelly Myers – Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma

Richard Peterson – Tlingit and Haida

Kimberly Jorgensen – Inupiaq

Jill Fox – Chickasaw Nation

Carri Jones – Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe

Frank Waln – Rosebud Sioux Tribe

Jeffrey Grubbe – Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians

Andy Langston – Muscogee (Creek) Nation

Peter Hahn – Seminole Tribe of Florida

Justin Bennett – Cayuga Nation

Paulette Jordan – Couer D’Alene Tribe

Pete Coser, Jr. – Muscogee (Creek) Nation

Wizpian Little Elk – Rosebud Sioux Tribe

Derrick Lente – Isleta Pueblo/Sandia Pueblo

Winslow Mexico – Forest County Potawatomi

Sarah Eagle Heart – Oglala Sioux Tribe

Haven Harris – Nome Eskimo Community

Reid Milanovich – Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians

Charles “Chuck” Hoskin, Jr. – Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma

Alyssa Macy – Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs

Florence Clairmont – Yankton Sioux Tribe

Miriam Aarons – Inupiaq

April Tinhorn – Navajo Nation /Hualapai Tribe

Dennis Welsh – Colorado River Indian Tribes

Irene Dundas – Tlingit

Cody Desautel – Confederated Tribes of the Colville Indian Reservation

Joshua Butler – Navajo Nation

Timothy Ballew – Lummi Nation

William Cornelius – Oneida Nation of Wisconsin

Sedelta Oosahwee – Mandan, Hidatsa, & Arikara Nation

OCTOBER 8th, 2014
Business Awards and 40 under 40 Awards will be presented at the 39th Annual Indian Progress in Business (INPRO) Awards Gala during RES Wisconsin.INPRO is being held in conjunction with RES Wisconsin